Rembetiko (film)

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Movie
German title Rembetiko
Original title Rembetiko
Country of production Greece
original language Greek
Publishing year 1983
length 110 minutes
Rod
Director Kostas Ferris
script Kostas Ferris , Sotiria Leonardou
music Stavros Xarchakos
camera Takis Zervoulakos
cut Yanna Spyropoulou
occupation

Rembetiko is a Greek music film by the director Kostas Ferris from 1983, which succeeds in making the essence of rembetiko music understandable by means of a story that is based on the life of the well-known rebetiko singer Marika Ninou .

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Smyrna in Asia Minor (Greek: Smírni), today's Izmir , formed a melting pot of different ethnicities and cultures until the Greco-Turkish War (1919 to 1922) and the massacres in 1919 and 1922 . There was a kind of "traveling singers" who moved from one tavern to another or accepted an engagement for a certain time and then moved on. The venues were clearly meeting places for men and there was usually a rougher tone in these bars than in the Smyrnean coffee house . Not infrequently these taverns were also an attraction for social outsiders , for pimps and criminals of smaller and larger caliber. With their extravagant appearance, the pimps in particular shaped the ambience in which music was played.

Little Marika grows up in this environment. She experiences a constantly drunk father, the mother, out of frustration and convenience, has a relationship with her boss, the coffee house owner. The situation escalates, her father kills her mother in front of the little ones. Your further life is as eventful as it is dramatic.

The film shows impressive pieces of music and a close description of the difficult living conditions of the Greeks affected by the population exchange between Greece and Turkey .

Awards

DVD release

  • Rembetiko, 2004 Special Edition, language only Greek in contrast to the VHS cassette from 1984 which has a German soundtrack. At 148 minutes, the DVD is significantly longer than the VHS version (120 minutes). The DVD has subtitles in six languages, including German and Turkish. Athens: Victory Media, cop. 2004.

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